RIPLEY, NY — Residents on Klondike Road in Ripley say they are bracing for days without access to their homes after being notified that maintenance work on the nearby railroad would close their dead-end road.
According to a notice left on residents’ doors, Safety Services Supplies says the closure is necessary to perform maintenance on the road surface around the tracks. Similar work is currently being done on the neighboring Cemetery Road; however, that road is not a dead end.
A company representative told residents the project carries a window of 4 to 5 days, but is expected to take only 1 to 2 days to complete.
“(They) Can’t do that on a dead-end road where people have no other access,” Stephen Mooney said. “We have to get across those tracks in order to get out, and there is no other access.”…